Windows 8 Release Preview coming in the first week of June

Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky has said that Windows 8 Release Preview (near final version of the successor of Windows 7) will be released in the first week of June, confirming previous rumors. The announcement was made at the Windows 8 Developer Days conference in Japan. Microsoft's Building Windows 8 Twitter account confirmed the news via tweet, providing the announcement photograph seen above and the following statement: